different between werebear vs werewolf

English

Etymology

were- +? bear

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w???b??(?)/, /?w??b??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w??b??/, /?w??b??/

Noun

werebear (plural werebears)

1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form

Related terms

• werewolf

Translations

Anagrams

• beerware

English

Alternative forms

• werwolf, were-wolf, were wolf, wehrwolf, warwolf

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Equivalent to wer +? wolf or were- +? wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.

Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”) (from Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???w?lf/, /?w???w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/

Noun

werewolf (plural werewolves)

1. (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

   Synonyms: wolfman, lycanthrope, man-wolf

Hyponyms

• (female): werewolfess, werewoman, wolfwoman

Derived terms

• werewolfdom
• werewolfish

Translations

See also

• dogman
• turnskin
• were-